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René Floriot
René Edmond Floriot (20 October 1902, Paris – 22 December 1975, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French lawyer. Life :"Son of a Paris municipal clerk, Floriot studied law at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, started practicing before his 21st birthday. In the 1930s, he prospered by winning divorces for the wealthy in a week, though the cumbersome process usually takes two to three years in France. After the war, he unabashedly defended war criminals and collaborators."''Floriot loses one''
''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine, July 28, 1967.
Floriot drove "a research staff of six lawyers, known as "l'usine Floriot" (the Floriot factory). Gifted with prodigious memory, he can simplify the most complex case for the dullest of jurors. While other French lawyers deliver elegantly vague speeches to nodding ...
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Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ...
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Geneva Bar
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the ICRC and IFRC of the Red Cross. In the aftermath of World War I, it hosted the League of Nations. It was where the Geneva Conventions on humanitarian treatment in war were signed. It shares a unique distinction with municipalities such as New York City, Basel, and Strasbourg as a ci ...
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1902 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse. ** Nathan Stubblefield demonstrates his Mobile phone, wireless telephone device in the U.S. state of Kentucky. * January 8 – A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad), Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17 people, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and the banning of steam locomotives in New York City. * January 23 – Hakkōda Mountains incident: A snowstorm in the Hakkōda Mountains of northern Honshu, Empire of Japan, Japan, kills 199 during a military training exercise. * January 30 – The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed. February * February 12 – The 1st Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance takes place in Washing ...
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Lawyers From Paris
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as well as the lawyer's area of practice. In many jurisdictions, the legal profession is divided into various branches — including barristers, solicitors, conveyancers, notaries, canon lawyer — who perform different tasks related to the law. Historically, the role of lawyers can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Greece and Rome. In modern times, the practice of law includes activities such as representing clients in criminal or civil court, advising on business transactions, protecting intellectual property, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Depending on the country, the education required to become a lawyer can range from completing an undergraduate law degree to undergoing postgraduate education and profes ...
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Winners Of The Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
Winners Merchants International L.P. is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies. Its market niche is similar to the American chain TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls. History and format Winners was founded in 1982 by David Margolis in Toronto, Ontario. It was one of the first off-price department stores in Canada. In 1990, it merged with off-price department store owner TJX Companies. Winners offers brand-name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60% discount rate, and the stores generally do not carry the same merchandise for an entire season. The discounts are in large part due to the company buying excess or end-of-season merchandise from other stores, as well as its connections with TJ Maxx. The firm does not sell online. Since late 2001, Winners stores have been paired with HomeSense, a home accessory retailer, modelled ...
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Houari Boumediene
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*Méchraâ Houari Boumédienne, a town and commune ...
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Moise Tshombe
Moise is a given name and surname, with differing spellings in its French and Romanian origins, both of which originate from the name Moses: Moïse is the French spelling of Moses, while Moise is the Romanian spelling. As a surname, Moisè and Mosè are Italian spellings of Moses. Given name Moise * Moise of Wallachia (died 1530), Romanian prince * Moise Crăciun (born 1927), Romanian skier * Moise Fokou (born 1985), American football linebacker * Moise Movilă (1596–1661), Prince of Moldavia * Moise Poida (born 1978), Vanuatuan footballer * Moise Pomaney (born 1945), Ghanaian long-jumper * Moise Safra (1935–2014), Brazilian businessman and founder of Banco Safra * Moise Kean (born 2000), Italian footballer Moïse * Moïse Amyraut (1596–1664), French theologian * Moïse Brou Apanga (born 1982), Côte d'Ivoire born Gabonese footballer * Moïse Bambara (born 1984), German-Burkinabé footballer * Moïse Bebel (1898–1940), Guadeloupean soldier * Moïse Bombito (b ...
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Ben Barka
Mehdi Ben Barka (; 1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965) was a Moroccan nationalist, Arab socialist, politician, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. An opponent of French imperialism and King Hassan II, he "disappeared" in Paris in 1965. Many theories attempting to explain what happened to him were put forward over the years; in 2018 new claims regarding his disappearance were made by Israeli journalist and author Ronen Bergman in his book ''Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations''. Based on research and interviews with Israeli intelligence operatives who were involved in planning the kidnapping of Barka, Bergman concluded that he was located by the Mossad on behalf of Moroccan intelligence, who assisted the latter in planning the murder ultimately committed by Moroccan agents and French police, after which the Mossad disposed of his bo ...
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Gustave Mentré
Gustave Mentré was a French Air Force general. A participant in the Algiers putsch of 1961, he was sentenced to five year's imprisonment, suspended. At his trial, where he was defended by René Floriot, he denied that he had supported the coup. He was restored to his rank in 1982.{{Cite news , date=30 September 1982 , title=Les anciens officiers généraux de l'Algérie française seront complètement réintégrés dans le cadre de réserve , work=Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ... , url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1982/09/30/les-anciens-officiers-generaux-de-l-algerie-francaise-seront-completement-reintegres-dans-le-cadre-de-reserve_2895835_1819218.html However, other sources report him as having died in 1975. References French Air Force g ...
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